InnerWorkings Releases Accredited Online Learning Content for the PSP in Partnership...

InnerWorkings Releases Accredited Online Learning Content for the PSP in
Partnership with the SEI at Carnegie Mellon University

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- SEPG Conference --
InnerWorkings(R), the leading provider of practice-based solutions for
improving developer skills and software processes, announced today the release
of its introductory online learning content for the Software Engineering
Institute (SEI) Personal Software Process(SM) (PSP). This accredited online
course covers the prerequisite skills that software developers need to
participate fully in Team Software Process(SM) (TSP) teams. Developed in
partnership with the SEI, it offers a flexible, scalable, and cost-effective
alternative to PSP classroom training for companies with increasingly
globalized needs.

The PSP was established to improve software quality by providing individual
developers with a set of disciplined practices for software development, and
is a prerequisite for developers who join a TSP team. The InnerWorkings PSP
Fundamentals course is the first instalment of a comprehensive program of
online learning content supporting the PSP. The company intends to release an
approved PSP Advanced course later this year.

PSP Fundamentals is comprised of highly-interactive, exercise-driven modules
covering the basic planning, tracking, and quality principles of software
development with PSP. Developed in close collaboration with the SEI, this
modular and highly-interactive content places a strong emphasis on practical
coding assignments. InnerWorkings PSP Fundamentals also blends the best
elements of traditional teaching by supporting access to SEI-authorized PSP
Instructors (called LiveGuides) who assess and grade trainee assignments, and
answer students' questions as they arise.

"The SEI is a household name in the world of software process engineering and
we are delighted to partner with an organization of such international
renown," says InnerWorkings' CEO Fran McKeagney. "We share a common goal of
extending the reach of TSP and making it more accessible and cost-effective
for companies to take on board. At InnerWorkings, we see this partnership as
the first step in an ongoing collaboration to transition TSP to a broader
community."

In a separate initiative, InnerWorkings plans to develop tailored platform
tools to help facilitate TSP adoption within software organizations worldwide.
Since early 2008, InnerWorkings has been working with a Fortune 500 systems
integrator on a global implementation of TSP. InnerWorkings is also
collaborating with Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico to streamline the
implementation of TSP. This development effort stems from Mexico's nationwide
TSP initiative, which aims to train 57,000 PSP software developers by 2013.

"Achieving widespread TSP adoption provides an important means of
substantially improving the quality of the software we produce in Mexico, in
order to achieve our goal of becoming the number one in software quality
around the world," says Rafael Salazar, Director of the Mexican TSP Initiative
at Tecnologico de Monterrey. "Organizations that successfully implemented TSP
have reported a 70% increase in team productivity and dramatic improvements in
code quality - studies show that the typical defect rate is 17 times lower
than that achieved by CMMI Level 5 certified software organizations. The
results we are getting from the Mexican organizations where we are
implementing TSP show those improvements also, with one organization achieving
0.028 defects/KLOC delivered to the customer in a 500 KLOC system. The work we
are doing with InnerWorkings to enhance platform tools will make it easier for
organizations to implement the TSP and achieve those benefits faster."

About the SEI
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a U.S. Department of Defense
federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon
University. The SEI helps organizations make measured improvements in their
software capabilities by providing technical leadership to advance the
practice of software engineering. For more information, visit
http://www.sei.cmu.edu.

About InnerWorkings
InnerWorkings helps software organizations gain clear insight into development
team capabilities, and optimize skills and processes. The ability to improve
development skills and processes enables increased developer utilization, and
reduces the risks of offshoring, outsourcing, and recruiting. InnerWorkings
has been a Gold-Certified Microsoft Partner and a Visual Studio Integration
Partner since 2003. The company's enterprise customer base includes Microsoft,
Dell, HP, EDS, GE Healthcare, Intel, Wells Fargo, Nike, and Clear Channel. For
more information, visit http://www.innerworkings.com.

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SOURCE InnerWorkings

Brian Finnerty of InnerWorkings, +1-415-656-1115, bfinnerty@innerworkings.com